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France: President Macron Must Stop Appeasing Iran's Mullahs: gatestoneinstitute.org/14941/macron-a…

In 2018, according to Javaid Rehman, the UN expert on human rights in Iran, at least 273 people were executed in Iran, and 6,000 over ten years, according to Iran Human Rights.

In addition, the use of cruel and inhuman punishment is also on the rise in Iran; according to Amnesty International, the use of various forms of torture such as amputation and flogging has been increasing at an alarming rate.

Macron also fails to recognize the nuclear deal never contained or adequately addressed Iran's multifaceted threats, which include but are not limited to: Arming and financing terror and militia groups in the region; intervening in the internal affairs of regional countries;....

....pursing a sectarian agenda by pitting Shiites and Sunnis against each other; carrying out cyber attacks against other nations; and committing human rights violations inside Iran and abroad through its proxies.

French President Emmanuel Macron appears to be following the footsteps of former US President Barack Obama when it comes to appeasing the top state sponsor of terrorism, the Islamic Republic of Iran. nytimes.com/2019/09/02/wor…

The French government offered $15 billion to bail out the Iranian government from US sanctions, and a plea to "restart negotiations." This thrilled Iranian Mullahs. The headline of an Iranian state-controlled media outlet, read: "Iran to receive $15 billion line of credit!"

This development is evidently exactly what the Iranian regime had been hoping for. Tehran has been blackmailing the EU to provide it with the financial means that would enable it to skirt the US sanctions.

Rouhani had stated:
"If Europeans can purchase our oil or pre-purchase it and we can have access to our money, that will ease the situation and we can fully implement the deal... otherwise we will take our third step."

From the mullahs' perspective, France surrendering to Tehran's demand clearly indicated that their blackmailing tactic had worked. On France's part, offering Tehran billions of dollars of credit is a compromise too far: France appears to be bowing to Iran's nuclear extortion.

In another development, the French government has also effectively been attempting to implement a special-purpose vehicle, INSTEX, that will allow countries to continue trading with Iran, despite US sanctions.

Has Macron forgotten he is aiding top state sponsor of terrorism? Has he forgotten the Iranian government was behind a major bomb plot targeting an Iran opposition rally in Paris in June 2018? Is he trying to bribe Iran not to attempt future terrorist attacks on French soil?

By surrendering to Iran's extortion, France is failing to curb the regime's regional and global ambitions and is, in effect, giving it a green light to continue its march toward becoming a nuclear-weapons-breakout force.

Rather than appeasing the ruling mullahs, it is time for Macron to focus his diplomatic and political efforts on countering the clear and present danger with which the Iranian regime's aggressive policies threaten the world.